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London's Triumph

Merchant Adventurers and the Tudor City
By Stephen Alford
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London's Triumph by Stephen Alford delves into the vibrant and transformative period of London's history at the close of the 16th century. The book explores the political, economic, and social changes that shaped the city into England's economic powerhouse, driven by ambition, trade, and technological advancement. Alford paints a vivid picture of a city booming with cultural electricity and emerging global influence.
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If you have a fascination for Elizabethan England and enjoy exploring how London evolved into a vibrant hub of trade and culture, you'll likely find this book captivating. It delves into the city's transformation during the 16th century, offering insights into the lives of merchants, adventurers, and the historical forces that shaped an era.

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London's Triumph

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The story of the individuals whose ambition and recklessness transformed London, England and the world.

Life in Europe was fundamentally changed in the 16th century by the astonishing discoveries of the New World and of direct sea routes to Asia. To start with, England was hardly involved, and London remained a gloomy, introverted medieval city. But as the century progressed, something extraordinary happened.

Stephen Alford's evocative, original, and fascinating new book brings to life the network of merchants, visionaries, crooks, and sailors who changed London forever.

London's Triumph is above all about the people who made this possible— the families, the guild members, the money-men who were willing to risk huge sums and sometimes their own lives in pursuit of the rare, exotic, and desirable. Their ambitions fueled a new view of the world— initiating a long era of trade and empire, the consequences of which we still live with today.

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London's Triumph by Stephen Alford has been praised for being exceptionally detailed and varied, making it a compelling summer read, particularly for ministers. It offers a vivid and insightful look into 16th-century London, with potential lessons for modern British commerce. The book is noted for its rich anecdotes and the exploration of themes like immigration and religious differences, which draw poignant, unspoken parallels to contemporary issues. It is consistently lauded as an illuminating account of power and influence, filled with resonant insights.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141978116

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 April 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 259g

Pages: 352

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European History History & Military Military History Non-Fiction Penguin Books Stephen Alford

About the Author

Stephen Alford is the author of the highly acclaimed The Watchers- A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth and is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He taught for fifteen years at Cambridge University, where he was a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of History and a Fellow of King's College. He is now Professor of Early Modern British History at the University of Leeds.

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